#passion

Compassion is the key to the ultimate survival of our species. ↗

— Doug Dillon

#humanity #inspiration #survival #inspirational

You and I cannot possibly know the hidden pain eating holes in individual lives, so if we want to be saviors, in partnership with the Lord, we will be kind to everyone, everywhere, all of the time. ↗

— Virginia H. Pearce

#kindness-compassion #inspirational

The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #inspirational #inspirational

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #inspiration #inspirational

seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#empathy #inspirational #passionate #inspirational

Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors. ↗

— Andrew Boyd

#destiny #empathy #pain #universe #love

Dear God, give bread to those who are hungry and a hunger and thirst for justice to those who have plenty. Amen. ↗

— Benedictine prayer

#inspirational #justice #inspirational

Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#foolishness #intelligence #madness #passion #intelligence

The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. Their intelligence is for everyone, so as to have a world in which there is less ignorance. (118) ↗

— Jean-Yves Leloup

#ignorance #intelligence #wisdom #intelligence

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing. ↗

— Albert Camus

#compassion #life #religion #life